Making a wish upon a turkey wishbone

I have done the wishbone thing with my son a few times. He always seems to get a kick out of it. I always seem to get the smaller piece of the wishbone.

my sister & i use to do that w/the chicken to. i'm like u i don't remember if the wishes came true or not but it was fun.

I am glad that I am not the only one still doing this. It was something I did as a kid also and I still do it everytime we have a turkey. My husbands family didn't have this tradition and he sometimes thinks I am silly for doing it. I was always told to hang or put it above the door and let it dry out before breaking and that is how I still do it today. I don't think alot of my wishes came true while growing up because I most always would wish for alot of presents at christmas and it usually never happened that way now days I always make wishes for other people. To give them help and may they have it better even if I myself am facing dicculties. We didn't really have any other traditions for the turkey.

This traidition is in my family also. I remember breaking the wish bone with my mother lots of times when I was a child. That was a neat tradition. I made wishes also if I had the biggest bone.

Awww Sweets You take me back... When the kids were little I would ask everyone in the neighborhood to save their wishbones so there were enough for all the kids to do together... Lucky for us we had lots of older people with grown kids near us xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

We always keep the wishbone,and let it dry out for a few days,lol and than we will pull it,I always say to hubby that he holds the bone in an unfair way!!and he has more chance of getting the wish lol,but like many tradtions its something that we have always done,and more than likey will always continue to do!!long live traditions.

I always did the wishbone thing also with my family members. I don't know if any of my wishes ever came true either. I think i live on a wish and a prayer though. I bet over time, some of my wishes were granted and I didn't even realise it because it came later than expected or some other fashion or form. that is about the only turkey tradition I can remember in my family also.

my mother always did that with my brother and I. It was such a big deal to us. I have one dried out from our first turkey as a married couple that we have not pulled apart. I guess I am not so much into the superstitious, but it was a special day so it is my memento.

I have this weird tradition about turkey wishbones myself. I only get a turkey around Thanksgiving time here. So after the turkey is roasted I take the wishbone and save it for a full year until next thanksgiving, then that's when I make a wish, then when I have the new turkey, save that wishbone for the following Thanksgiving...don't ask why I started that tradition, just did

Yes, we did this as children too. I used to make a wish with my sister growing up. This discussion reminded me that I have a dried out wishbone sitting on the top of my microwave still. A wish waiting to come true...

yes i love that tradition,even though i don't think that any of my wishes ever came true also.my kids love the wishbone and it is usually a fight who is going to do it.i wish that we all could keep these traditions alive for ever.cheers sue

We only ever have turkey at Christmas but have chicken a fair amount and we always do the same with the wishbone there. It is usually one of my daughters that gets it but they always make a wish. Like you say it is tradition. Ellie :D

I used to do that all the time with my parents when I was younger. I have only done it once with my children as they are still a little young. My children thought it was pretty cool, even though I dont think they quite understand the whole "make a wish" thing yet.

Oh, very interesting, and this is my first time to hear about wishbone like this can be wished. And I should say that in my hometown there is no any tradtions like yours, maybe someday I can have a try, make a wish, then break it, and catch the biggest piece, and waiting for the wish come true, hehe.... Anyway,thanks for your share.

Funny you bring this up. The wife and I just broke one a few weeks ago. It was sitting on the kitchen window sill since Thanksgiving 2006. We forgot all about it till I washed the ledge and found it. I never recall the wishes yet alone if they came true. Old age does that to me. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

As a child I always wished on a turkey or chicken wishbone and still do until now.

We always made wishes also on turkey and chicken wish bones. I never could remember though if it was the short end or the long end that got their wish. I boiled a chicken today to make chicken and dumplings for my son's birthday dinner and I forgot all about saving the wishbone. I don't remember either if my wishes ever did come true. I hope all of your wishes come true winterose.

Oh, we always did that! There were five of us kids so there was always a fight, but since I was the baby, I usually got to take my turn. I remember Mom used to hang it somewhere to dry real good and we'd ask her every day if it was 'ready' yet. I've done it with my own kids and now with my husband. Thanks for a sweet memory.

I have always wished on the wishbone, when I could get a hold of it.. There were so many of us growing up and only 2 wishbones a year, that I didn't get to do it that often.. I have always wished on the wishbone with my husband after I grew up and got married and with my son later.. It is a tradition and although we don't normally have turkey unless it is Thanksgiving or Christmas, we do utilize the wishbone.. Have a wonderful evening..

yeah i always done this with my nan,since i was a young boy,and when i was home a while ago,she had one and ask me to do it and i just remember being a tradition that my family always done it,pass down by grandparents really to their children to their grandkids and i think it good thing really